Welcome 4 th Grade Title 1 Curriculum Night

State’s Academic Content/Achievement Standards Gray Elementary Web Page: Jones

State’s Academic Content/Achievement Standards Jones County District Web Page: Jones

State’s Academic Content/Achievement Standards 4 th Grade Teachers’ Webpage: Bivins

Reading/ELA  Multiple grades taken from same assignments; eg. When answering a discussion question for Social Studies, students are held accountable for correct spelling (within reason), capitalization, punctuation, and sentence structure.  Close reading strategies are being taught in small group settings  An increased number of non fiction passages used daily build upon knowledge of social sciences  Stress the importance of making connections (text to self, text to world, self to world) Jones

Math Number Talk/Number Strings Go Math – (supplement other materials) Various ways of solving problems Word Problems Multiplication facts – A MUST!!! Bivins

Social Studies/Science Units of Study  Social Studies- timeline of events *Native Americans, Explorers, 13 Colonies, American Revolution, Government, Westward Expansion  Science- upcoming *Water Cycle & Weather, Simple Machines Study Guides  Available on website (with answers) Pickett

Testing Benchmarks Unit tests Common grade-level assessments Writing CRCT Colter

Study Habits Student says, “No homework!” Translation: “I have a study guide to review.” Building strong habits is vital to your child’s education. Help them to build these skills. Having your child read the study guides and/or make note cards is a great start! Pickett

Helpful Information Useful Websites  4 th grade website under “Useful Websites” Remind 101  Talk with your teacher about signing up Parent Resource Center  Parent Coordinator- Regina McGalliard: Instructional Coach  Kristen Beaver- Pickett

Questions/Concerns